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City Pairings
loose match
Chandigarh, India and Kagoshima, Japan are a loose climate match — 5,063 km (3,146 mi) apart. Chandigarh is Köppen zone Cwa; Kagoshima is Cfa.
See Chandigarh on the interactive map →Chandigarh is classed dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) while Kagoshima is humid subtropical (Cfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 5,063 km (3,146 mi) apart, so Kagoshima is a reachable stand-in when you want Chandigarh’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Chandigarh, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Kagoshima cooler); July by 2°C (Kagoshima cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Kagoshima is 25 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine: Kagoshima averages 7.9 hours a day across the two months vs 9.1 in Chandigarh (1.2 h/day less; January 6.9 h vs 8.8 h, July 8.9 h vs 9.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 9 µg/m³ in Kagoshima vs 55 in Chandigarh (lower by 47 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Kagoshima runs about 5°C lower in January (3°C vs 8°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kagoshima, Japan is the closest distant match for Chandigarh, India — scored loose, about 5,063 km (3,146 mi) away.
Chandigarh and Kagoshima are separated by roughly 5,063 km (3,146 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Chandigarh is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Kagoshima is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Chandigarh has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 7°C with 55 mm of rain; July averages 34°C / 26°C and 295 mm.
Chandigarh averages about 8.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 71.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 160); July averages 38.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 111).
Other close climate matches for Chandigarh: Tampa (loose), Guangzhou (loose), Beira (loose).
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